The British premier visited Libya in 2011 along with then French President Nicolas Sarkozy after rebels ousted former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi with French, British and U.S. backing.

Libya's nascent institutions have since struggled to rein in armed groups, and the country's second city of Benghazi has in particular experienced a wave of violence in recent months.

Oil producer Libya is keen to attract foreign funds and expertise after years of chronic under-investment under Gaddafi, and officials were last week irked when Britain issued a warning urging its citizens to leave Benghazi due to an unspecified "specific, imminent" threat. (Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian in Tripoli; Writing by Mohammed Abbas in London; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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